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Infernal Hordes Wave, Boon, and Reward Guide

Choose each Infernal Offering around enemies, events, and rewards the current build can actually handle. Treat all waves plus final spending as one complete run.

Verified patch: 3.1.15 decision checksExpansion-first
QUICK ANSWER

Check single target, area damage, and survival before entry. At each wave, read the benefit and danger of every Infernal Offering together. Do not stack modifiers the build cannot clear, and spend Burning Aether by goal at the end. Early exits are not full-reward comparisons.

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Five Decisions before Starting

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STEP 01

Check Build Weakness

Separate area, single target, and survival.

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STEP 02

Read Both Sides

Read benefit and added danger together.

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STEP 03

Favor Clearable Events

Choose events matching current area and movement.

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STEP 04

Finish Every Wave

Record deaths and wave slowdowns.

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STEP 05

Spend Aether by Goal

Spend toward the active shortage.

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GOAL → CHECK → ACTION → STOP

Decision Checks

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CHECK 01

Pre-Run Setup

GOAL

Avoid stalls across waves.

CHECK

Check sustain, Resource, area, and boss damage.

ACTION

Repair one weakness first.

STOP WHEN

Stop on immediate repeated deaths.

EXPANSION-INCLUSIVE

Measure with Runes and Mercenary.

BASE-GAME ALTERNATIVE

Replace through Aspects and Paragon.

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CHECK 02

Infernal Offerings

GOAL

Control reward and danger.

CHECK

Read added enemies, events, and scaling.

ACTION

Choose options preserving clear speed.

STOP WHEN

Stop when ignoring danger.

EXPANSION-INCLUSIVE

Favor expansion-build strengths.

BASE-GAME ALTERNATIVE

Favor base-build strengths.

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CHECK 03

Wave Execution

GOAL

Clear density continuously.

CHECK

Track grouping, hazards, and elites.

ACTION

Remove dangerous sources first.

STOP WHEN

Stop when deaths consume the run.

EXPANSION-INCLUSIVE

Check Mercenary uptime.

BASE-GAME ALTERNATIVE

Meet survival independently.

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CHECK 04

Final Encounter

GOAL

Finish reliably with the accumulated setup.

CHECK

Check single target and dodge margin.

ACTION

Fight around accumulated modifiers.

STOP WHEN

Stop when the finale dominates time.

EXPANSION-INCLUSIVE

Tune expansion layers for single target.

BASE-GAME ALTERNATIVE

Tune Aspects and Glyphs.

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CHECK 05

Aether and Rewards

GOAL

Spend on the target output.

CHECK

Check Aether and available choices.

ACTION

Spend toward the shortage.

STOP WHEN

Stop when comparing early exits as clears.

EXPANSION-INCLUSIVE

Check War Plan rewards after completion.

BASE-GAME ALTERNATIVE

Compare standard rewards.

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BOUNDARIES

Decision Boundaries

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  • Read both benefit and danger.
  • No permanent Offering order is promised.
  • Early exits are not full rewards.
  • No unpublished Aether hourly rate is promised.
  • Do not hide failure causes with many changes.
  • Live Offering text is authoritative.
LIVE PATCH

Baseline as of Patch 3.1.1

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  • Infernal Hordes are one of six War Plan activities.
  • 3.1.1 adjusted Infernal Hordes War Plan rewards.
  • Full-wave completion is the comparison baseline.
  • Offering and reward text is reviewed weekly.
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Related Guides

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Armory Loadouts

Save a wave setup separately from other farming builds.

Current Builds

Match roles with finished builds.

Gear Upgrades

Review upgrade order and investment.

Combat Mechanics

Review damage and survival rules.

Build Diagnostics

Find the missing role from symptoms.

Progression

Return to the matching progression stage.

Activities

Choose a repeatable test activity.

Farming

Choose a route for the missing resource.

Patch 3.1.x

Review current changes and fixes.

SOURCES

Official Sources

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